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hjmo 's review for:
Silver in the Blood
by Jessica Day George
I have started to have a hard time with YA novels because so many of them seem to make the protagonists young only because that's the market they are selling to. I often just time shift the ages of the characters in my mind because most YA authors write their teenagers as adults and it's just easier. But I couldn't do that with Silver in the Blood because the characters are written as teenagers and as teenagers they are genuinely struggling with identity and family and (accurate for the time) marriage prospects.
I saw that some thought the book dragged in the middle and I wonder if that's because their expectation was that it was going to be all action? As modern readers who looked at the cover we all knew that the family secret was likely werewolves but the joy of the story isn't about the inevitability of the shapeshifting it's about the coming of age for Lou and Dacia. Which I really enjoyed. It was a fun read and kept me entertained throughout.
I saw that some thought the book dragged in the middle and I wonder if that's because their expectation was that it was going to be all action? As modern readers who looked at the cover we all knew that the family secret was likely werewolves but the joy of the story isn't about the inevitability of the shapeshifting it's about the coming of age for Lou and Dacia. Which I really enjoyed. It was a fun read and kept me entertained throughout.